Windows Azure Tables

I spent around 1 hour trying to resolve an error that i received while trying to query a table in Windows Azure Tables, the query was something like this

this.Users.Where( s=> s.UserID==userID).ToArray();

the error i received


System.Data.Services.Client.DataServiceQueryException was unhandled by user code
  Message="An error occurred while processing this request."

InnerException: System.Data.Services.Client.DataServiceClientException
Message="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\r\n
<error xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata\">\r\n
<code>InvalidInput</code>\r\n
<message xml:lang=\"en-US\">One of the request inputs is not valid.</message>\r\n
</error>"


after some research i found the following in the Azure SDK

Characters Disallowed in Key Fields
The following characters are not allowed in values for the PartitionKey and RowKey properties:

  • The forward slash (/) character
  • The backslash (\) character
  • The number sign (#) character
  • The question mark (?) character

My key field had some slashes :(

My bad !!, but in my defense the error message was not very clear :)

Comments

John Morrill said…
This helper me solve a similar problem. In my case the entities I defined in my Context inherited from other entities. It would appear the query client cannot use properties in the base classes as query parameters.
May 06, 2011 11:48 PM
Данил said…
thx!!!
In my case problem was in Partition Key, similar name with other pk name.
thx!
May 30, 2011 8:22 PM
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